Packers 88 years ago Thursday, the NFL decided to go through with a major contraction

In 1926, the NFL had 22 clubs, just 10 fewer than it has today. But by the beginning of the 1927 season, there were just 12 teams — 10 holdovers and two that weren’t in the league the previous year. A dozen clubs, meanwhile, had exited stage left, never to play again in the NFL.…